Make your 2026 resolutions to protect the environment

Once again, my New Year’s resolutions pertain directly to our personal health and well-being. I don’t mean more trips to the gym and fewer to the refrigerator. Instead, I propose keeping our elected officials apprised that protection of natural habitats and native wildlife needs to be on the front burner. Also, those we have placed […]

Sea-Tac expansion: Health, environment | The Seattle Times

Re: “Sea-Tac must modernize to meet the needs of a growing region” (Dec. 31, Opinion): Seattle-Tacoma International Airport’s modernization should focus on smart growth, not aviation sprawl. For communities around the airport, the Port of Seattle’s pursuit of growth has meant decades of health harms and environmental injustice. The editorial’s reference to moving “cargo facilities […]

Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz quits cabinet, to leave soon as Alberta MLA

Provincial Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz is quitting cabinet and says she will also soon be leaving the Alberta legislature altogether. Schulz made the announcement on social media Wednesday. She says she has offered her resignation from cabinet effective Friday and will step down as the United Conservative legislature member for Calgary-Shaw by May. “Timing is […]

Buffalo farming in harmony with Amazonian environment

The state of Para is Brazil’s main buffalo breeding region. Local farmers raise animals in natural conditions on seasonally flooded lands. This industry is successfully developing within strict environmental standards designed to preserve the Amazon rainforest. Farming methods include soil conservation and promote carbon sequestration. More details in the report by Agro+, […]

Indonesia closes 2025 with rising disasters and stalled environmental reform

Deadly floods and landslides in Sumatra in late 2025 underscored how deforestation, weak spatial planning and extractive development have increased Indonesia’s vulnerability to extreme weather — problems scientists and activists say the government has largely failed to confront. Forest loss surged nationwide in 2025, with Sumatra overtaking Borneo as the main deforestation hotspot, while […]